Giving Back That particular book had changed his life. He checked the price again. Thirty dollars! “It’s a steal” he thought. He wanted to give back something to the author. After thinking for a while, he decided to buy ten of the same books and sent one to each of his friends. — Note: 1…. Continue reading
Date Archives → May 2006
Quotes worth recording – Legend
Punit Soni from Wharton has been sending me this quote in every email that he has sent me in the last few months. I don’t know whether he is sending me a message 🙂 Enjoy! According to the laws of aerodynamics, a bumblebee cannot fly. The bumblebee doesn’t know aerodynamics. So it flies anyway. –… Continue reading
Difference between ordinary and extraordinary
The return of Simplicity
Initial inspiration for this – of course from my hero Seth Godin (post: 332 is boring) First, came the Million Dollar Home Page experiment (advertise for $1/pixel) – which is totally sold out by the way. Now comes, the 1000 Paintings for sale business where paintings of numbers 1 to 1000 are being sold. Who… Continue reading
Mini Saga #8 – The Choice
The Choice The guy at the store showed me all sorts of phones – sliding, flipping, PDA phone, camera phone, slim phone and more. There were too many good phones there. I needed to do some more research before I buy. Two months have passed and I have not made a decision yet. — Note:… Continue reading
Mini Saga #7 – The deal
The deal The sales team in a startup was jazzed after a great customer presentation. The startup VC had a prior relationship with the customer. He called the customer and asked if he would buy the system from them. The customer politely responded “No way. The meeting was only for market research” — Note: 1…. Continue reading
Advertisement or service or both!!
You can have the cake and eat it too. The other day I ordered a couple of books from Amazon. I got a shipment notice from them yesterday. Of course, being Amazon, the notice had every detail that I was looking for including an USPS tracking number Since I was reading this email from my… Continue reading
Mini Saga #6 – Love at first sight
Love at first sight John was a regular in that train. Today seemed different, probably because of Sally who was in New York for work. They started the conversation casually but both became very close in less than thirty minutes. They exchanged phone numbers, of course. John promptly called a day later – “Wrong number!”… Continue reading
Think – Execute – and Grow Rich!
Web is really something. It provides “Soup to Nuts” Programs for Experts wanting to make money If you are competent in a one or more domains that are interest to the marketplace, you now have all the tools on the web to let the world know about your expertise and start making money. This is… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #132 Be influenced
Of course, by the right people and the right messages. I have seen many people who complain about attending seminars (leadership, self-development) and getting nothing out of it. When I probe further, half these people were making an assessment of the speaker and speculating whether to agree with the speaker or not. In other words,… Continue reading